PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John James (ranked 5001 p4p, 2516 weight class) and Ivan Draganov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

James
vs
Draganov

185 cm
28
145
6 - 14 - 0

178 cm
30
154
13 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ivan Draganov!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Skip Squint and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draganov lands an overhand right.
Draganov lands a two punch combo.
Draganov moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

James is rocked!
James takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Oh James is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Draganov bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of James's head.
James seems to have got his legs back now.
Draganov scores with a crisp jab that stopped James in his tracks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Draganov lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Draganov throws a head kick that James semi-blocks.
Ivan Draganov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Draganov chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A good leg kick by Draganov.
Draganov scores with a decent looking hook.
James takes a kick to the side of the head.
Draganov smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Draganov lands a nice hook to James's body. James takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
James sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Draganov connects with a looping right hand.
James shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
James takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Danga de danga de dang - Draganov scores with a four punch combination!
Draganov lands with a nice body kick.
Draganov cracks James with a right hand to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Draganov smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
James takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Draganov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Draganov.
Draganov moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
James really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Draganov lands a jab to James's midsection.
Draganov feints and then cracks James's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow James down.
James tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Draganov plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Draganov scores with a shot to the body.
Draganov scores with a jab. James acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Draganov lands a straight punch to the body, keeping James at a distance.
Draganov goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Draganov stalks James and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into James's face. James staggers backwards, shaken.
James shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A good leg kick by Draganov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Draganov.
Draganov scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ivan Draganov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Draganov scores with a three punch combo!
James stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Draganov.

Draganov lands a left and a right that send James crashing to the mat, dazed. Draganov thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
James takes one on the button.
The fighters circle, before Draganov throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into James's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Draganov lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Ivan Draganov!
In his post fight interview, Ivan Draganov started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.